A 12-year-old California boy has been granted his one birthday wish — a pug party.

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Since he was a baby, Hayden has always loved pugs and for his 12th birthday, he requested one thing — to lay on the floor and be surrounded by pugs.

In May, Hayden’s mother Cierra Baumunk went to Facebook to invite the public to his surprise pug party requesting all pug-owners and their pups. Hayden was diagnosed with autism when he was young.

“Well, I did not know it was going to be this big,” Baumunk said. “I had no idea. I just posted something online that my son wanted to have a birthday party with some pugs and soon it turned into hundreds of pugs. We had no idea it was going to be this big.”

Hundreds of pug-owners came from across the west coast to celebrate Hayden’s birthday.

“I heard people came all the way from Oregon just to be here today. It’s so overwhelming and brings so much joy to our family. We are just so excited and so happy and so grateful. It is just a blessing,” Baumunk said.

A person gave a pug to Hayden and his family Saturday and they named the pug “Pumpkin”.

“It melted my heart,” Baumunk said. “It made me happy. I can’t wait to make new memories with our new family.”